Andrei

A friend of mine gave me this device: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09482NSV9 which detects EMF, RF and EF emissions. My question is embarrassingly primitive: which of these emission would adversely affect the reception of radio signals both of GMRS or general SW radios? Thank you!

please remember that there is no such thing as a "small hurricane" and that even "only" a tropical storm can be very dangerous, so don't let your guard down (trust this Floridian who weathered 8 hurricanes and too many storms to count!). Also, please remember that most people die *after* the storms. And we all know that anything named "Hillary" is infinitely evil, right? Good luck and God Bless.

agreed!

I just checked the CHIRP website (https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home) and it sure looks like the KG-UV9GX is now on their list of compatible radios:

thank you, that makes perfectly good sense!

thank you Wannabe! any idea if I can use CHIRP for this model?

After a four months wait, I finally got my Wouxun UV-9GX from bettersaferadio.com and I mostly like it. I do hate the very low luminosity of the screen (especially when compared to my Wouxun KG-935G!) whose max luminosity (set at 5) truly *sucks*. I sure hope that future firmware updates will provide a semi-usable screen... But I can live with a dark screen. What I don't understand is how the Wouxun UV-9GX scans. I read that on the display's top row ALL the channels are scanned whereas on the bottom display row only VHF/UHF channels are scanned (though I don't understand why channels 15 through 22 are not scannable unless I change that manually). What baffles me is how the top display row scans. Instead of scanning all channels from 1 to 999 it seems to only scan 500 through 700. Why is that? Can I make it scan all 999 channels? Finally, since I have no Windows or Apple computer (I only run GNU/Linux), can I use CHIRP with the Wouxun UV-9GX? Thank you!

Hi By my question you can tell that I am a noob to radio issues, but here I go: I noticed in several locations in Florida (Tampa, Daytona Beach, Deland, etc.) that there is some rather powerful signal jamming channel 12. Listening to it, it just sounds like static I can remove channel 12 from my scan list, but I would prefer understanding what I am dealing with first. Any idea? Thank you!

understood, thank you, I will stick to the Nagoya ?

SUPER interesting, thank you so much!!

Thank you Borage, but, maybe that is my ignorance speaking (I am a noob!), this test was about 2m and 70cm, not the near 64cm GMRS frequences. Also, he was not using the 771G. So I really don't know, how much of this conclusions (ABREE better unfolded for reception, ABREE better folded for transmission) apply to the GMRS world? Finally, am I correct in assuming that simply using the Nagoya 15.3-Inch NA-771G is the best all around option for most situations?

The Nagoya 15.3-Inch NA-771G is widely considered one of the best antennas for GMRS HTs. Yet the 28.3 Inch Length ABBREE SMA-Female Dual Band 144/430Mhz Foldable CS Tactical Antenna is much larger. Has anybody ever directly compared the two antennas? Is the Nagoya always superior to that ABBREE or does the latter have an edge over the Nagoya in some circumstances and, if yes, which ones? I only use HTs, by the way (mostly a Wouxun 935G), so I wonder if ever should ever use the ABBREE or is the Nagoya always the best choice? Thank you!

thanks for all these excellent suggestions!

got it, thank you Sschannon!

and this connector is good for both SMA male and female?

@Sshannon@Lscott Thank you both for your suggestions. I think I will go with the "all in one" solution suggested by Lscott. But I have one more question: my radio (a Wouxun KG-935G) has a standard SMA Male connector. Shall I order the kit with a Male BNC or the Male UHF (pl259) connector and, once I know which one to order, can you please let me know what kind of converter I need to connect the antenna cable to my HT? Again, sorry for the noob question and thanks for any pointers!

Hi I have a few GMRS HTs and I would like to find an antenna which I could quickly place on top of my car and connect it to my HTs. This would not be a permanent mount, only a quick and dirty way of pulling a cable from my HT, through an open window, to a roof mounted antenna. I need something designed for GMRS and a 5.5W HT. Can you recommend any such antenna? Something like a Nagoya NA-771G 15.3-Inch whip but with a magnetic base and a longer cable. Thank you!

For me it worked very very well, I am super happy with this antenna (it seems much better than the one which the Btech GMRS Pro came with)

WRUU653 and KAF6045 - thanks so much for your replies and for educating me on CHIRP use!! Happy new year and all the best for 2023

Hi I don't live close enough to trigger any repeaters from my home. I have used CHIRP for the first time to program three repeaters into my KG-935G. I followed the CHIRP documentation as best I could and here ls what I got (see below). Did I use the correct columns to enter the tones (all three repeaters use the same RX and TX tones)? I left the following columns blank: ToneSql, DTCS Code, DTCS Rx Code, DTCS Pol and Crossmode (since I do not understand the purpose of these columns). Is this correct? Thank you for any pointers!

BINGO!!! You found the solution, thank you. As soon as I disabled the weather alert this behavior stopped. Many many thanks!! ??

You get that menu with a Wouxun KG-935G and CHIRP? I don't see that menu in my CHIRP. I am attaching an image of the options I see.

thank you MIchaelLAX, I tried that, I even bumped the squelch to its max (9) - same exact results, it made no difference ?